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Webster 1913 Edition
Rhyolite
Rhy′o-lite
,Noun.
[Gr.
ῥεῖν
to flow + -lite
.] (Min.)
A quartzose trachyte, an igneous rock often showing a fluidal structure.
– Rhyˊo-lit′ic
, (#)
, Adj.
Definition 2024
rhyolite
rhyolite
English
Noun
rhyolite (countable and uncountable, plural rhyolites)
- (geology) An igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture.